Juneau residents will vote on “ship-free Saturdays” in October unless the city Assembly adopts the measure first.
By Claire Stremple, Alaska BeaconThe Royal Caribbean cruise ship Quantum of the Seas docked in Juneau on June 7.
“I know what Juneau used to be, and I know what it could be and it isn’t now, and so I’m fighting to bring some of that back,” she said. “Ship-free Saturdays is a way to just give everybody in Juneau one day a week without the blanket of impacts on our lives. And to me, I believe that if we all have that one day a week without all of the chaos that comes with the cruise industry, that we’ll all be happier and healthier.
Hart’s initiative garnered 2,359 signatures from Juneau residents that supported the idea. The Juneau City Clerk certified the signatures and presented the certification to the Assembly at its regular meeting on Monday. The Assembly will have until August 15 to adopt the measure or allow the question of whether Juneau should adopt ship-free Saturdays to appear on the October 1, 2024, regular municipal election ballot.
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